Fiction
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl
Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean… Oysters, she thought, where have they been all my lif…
The Widow Spy
Megan Campisi
Kate Warner is many things: the country’s first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a union spy. It’s August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractur…
The Snow Queen
CE Bernard
Everyone knows the story of the Snow Queen. A ruthless monster, secluded in her frozen palace, who drives ice splinters into the eyes and hearts of the innocent children she kidnaps. But Gerda doesn…
As Young As This
Roxy Dunn
Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was seventeen, she’s pictured them like stepping stone…
Sipsworth
Simon Van Booy
Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats…
Skull Water
Heinz Insu Fenkl
Insu is the son of a Korean mother and a GI father in the U.S. Army. Growing up near the army base in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, he and his two best friends, also “half and halfs,” spend their…
The Barman of the Ritz
Philippe Collin
When the Ritz becomes the Nazis’ favorite spot, its Jewish bartender has no choice but to keep working. Based on a true story. Paris, 1940. Despite the Occupation, the prestigious Ritz Hotel has manag…
Wants and Needs
Roxy Dunn
From the author of As Young as This Independence seems to be drifting away from Misty. Just months ago, she was living with her fiancé and planning their life together. Now she’s single, back in her c…
Everything is Under Control
Christopher Bouix
In a terrifying near-future, citizens are given a rating according to their attainment of personal happiness – only the highest rated have access to the best jobs, housing and other perks, such as par…
Perris, California
Rachel Stark
In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law’s property, encounters the woman she used to love—leading Tes…